Baling-press



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BALING PRES3.

No. 362,156. Patented May 3, 1887.

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Patented May 3, 1887.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

E. GUST. HAGQUIST AND SVEN RYDBECK, OF HECTOR, MINNESOTA.

BALING- PRESS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 362,156, dated May 3,1887.

Application filed January 15, 1887.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that we, E. GUsT. HAGQUIST and SVEN RYDBEOK, citizens of theUnited States, residing at Hector, in the county of Renville and Stateof Minnesota, have invented a new and useful Improvement inBaling-Presses, of which the following is a specification.

Our-invention relates to an improvement in baling-presses; and itconsists in the peculiar construction and combination of devices thatwill be more fully set forth. hereinafter, and particularly pointed outin the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side eleva tion, partly in section, of atraveling hay-press embodying our improvements. Fig. 2 is a top planview of the same. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section taken on the line as xof Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a vertical section taken 011 the line y y of Fig.2, looking in the direction indicated by the arrow at. Fig. 5 is adetail view of the division-board,

A represents a horizontal rectangular press box, the front and rear endsof which are open. On the upper side of the press-box, near its frontend, is an opening, A, which communicates with a hopper or feeder, thatis represented in dotted lines in Fig. 1.

In the sides of the press-box, near its rear end, are openings A and theextreme rear portions of the sides are formed by boards A, which arehinged at their front ends, and thereby their rear ends are adapted tobe swung inwardly toward each other. Set-screws A pass through threadedopenings in the rear portion of the frame of the press-box, and the endsof the said screws bear against the outer sides of the pivoted boards A,so that the latter can be adjusted to and secured at any desired anglewith relation to each other by turning the screws A, for the purpose tobe hereinafter explained.

In the sides of the press-box, at a suitable distance from the front endthereof, are longitudinal openings A through which the rear ends ofdetent-springs A project inwardly, the said detent-springs havingshoulders A at their extreme rear ends that are normally projectedinwardly into the path of the follower by the resilience of the springs.From the front end of the press-box projects a reach or platform, B, tothe front end of which'is at- Seriul N0. lit-1,474. (No model.)

tached a rectangular box, 0. The said box and the press-box aresupported upon trucks D and E whereby the press may be transportedreadily from one place to another.

E represents a follower, which is adapted to travel longitudinally inthe press-box, and F represents a rod, which has its rear end pivoted inthe follower and its front end provided on its upper side with a stud,G, which serves to pivotally connect the rod F to the inner end of alever, L, as hereinafter described. In one side of the box 0 is made arectangular opening, H, and on the outer side of the said opening issecured a block, I, having on its upper side a vertical projecting stud,K.

L represents a lever, which has one end pivoted on the stud K and itsinner end pivoted on the stud G. This lever bears upon a curved way, M,in the bottom of the box C, and near the inner end of the said lever L,on its upper side, is arranged a diagonal vertically-projecting flangeor tongue, N.

0 represents a lever, which is fulcrumed to one side of the box 0. Thelower end of-the said lever O is adapted to bear against the inner sideof the lever L, and the upper end of the lever 0 projects from the upperside of the box 0.

I represents a pair of cross-bars, which are secured to the upper edgesof the box 0, and are provided at their centers with a bearing, R.

S represents a sweep lover or beam, which is attached to the upper sideof a head or yoke, T, that is provided with a depending annular collar,U, that bears on the upper side of the bearing R.

V represents a sweep disk or arm, which is provided at its center withan upwardly-projecting spindle, W, that extends through the centralopenings of the bearing R and the yoke T. The upper portion of thespindle W is keyed to the said yoke T, so that the latter and the arm ordisk V will be caused to rotate together. From the outer end of the armor disk V depend studs V, which are adapted to alternately engage theflange or tongue N of the lever Las the disk or arm V is rotated. Fromthe upper end of the spindle IV projects abolt, W, which extends throughan opening made in the sweep lever or beam. A nut is screwed on theupper end of the said bolt and bears on the upper side of the sweeplever or beam, so as to secure the latter on the upper side of the yokeT. The latter is provided at its ends with vertical studs T, that bearagainst opposite sides of the sweep le-. ver or beam, so as to securethe latter firmly on the yoke. From the under side of the sweep lever orbeam, at a suitable distance upon opposite sides of the bolt W, dependcam-shoulders S, having their inner sides inclined in oppositedirections. The inner ends of these shoulders bear against the ends ofthe head T, to assist in holding the sweep-lever firmly to the head.

vided with a depending plate, E.

On the upper side of the follower E is a hinged leaf, E, the free end ofwhich is proside of this plate is adapted to extend downwardly over therear end of the follower. A fiat spring, E is secured to the under sideof the hinged leaf, the outer end of the said spring bearing in a recesswhich is made in the upper side of the follower. The function of thisspring is to normally move the free end of the hinged leaf against theupper side of the press box and to permit the said leaf to yield when itbears against the mass of hay projecting downwardly in the opening Afrom the feeder as the follower moves forward.

The operation of our invention is as follows: The sweep-lever .isrotated in the direction indicated by the outer arrows in Fig. 2 bymeans of horse or other power, and this causes the arm V to also rotatein the same direction. One of the depending studs V strikes against thefront side of the flange N on the lever L, thus moving the latterrearwardly and causing the follower, which is attached thereto, to bemoved rearward] y in the press-box. In its rearward movement the lever Lcomes in contact with the lower end of the lever 0, thus turning thelatter on its fulcrum and causing its upper end to move forward. As soonas the stud V slips from the flange N, at the end of the reverse strokeof the follower, one of the shoulders S of the sweep lever is brought incontact with the upper end of the lever O, and reverses the movementofthe said lever, causing the latter to move the lever L forward in thepress-box. There being two of the shoulders S and two of the tappetstuds V, it follows that the follower will be moved forward and back inthe press-box twice at each complete revolution of the sweep-lever andthe arm V. The hay to be baled is fed into the press-box through theopening A, by the hopper or feeder. Before commencing operations thehinged boards A have their rear ends adjusted toward each other by theset-screws A so as to provide a wedge-shaped opening at the rear end ofthe press-box. As the hay is fed into the press-box, it is driven backby the rearward movements of the follower and compressed between theboards A When a suflicientquantity of hay has been lodged be tween thesaid boards, a division-board, such as shown in Fig. 5, is placedtransversely in The lower the press-box, against the front side of thehay that is wedged between the inclined boards A. The division-board isprovided on opposite sides with transverse grooves Z, which are adaptedto receive binding-wires to be used in securing the bales in the usualmanner. The operation of the press is then continued until enoughadditional hay has been compressed in the box to form a bale, when asecond divisionboard is placed on the front side thereof and arrangedtransversely in the press, and the bale secured by the wires. The hingedboards A are then relaxed from-their converging position, and theoperation of the press is continued until another bale is formed in thepress-box in advance of the one already pressed. After the boards A arerelaxed, the follower at each rearward stroke forces the baled hayrearwardly in the press-box, thus gradually ejecting the hay which waspreviously confined between the boards A By the time that the third baleis partly formed in the press-box, the first bale is forced out of therear end thereof, the press-box being sufficiently long to hold twocomplete bales and part of a third.

The springs A will yield and spring outwardly at each rearward movementof the follower, and at each forward movement thereof the springs forcetheir shoulders A inwardly beyond the sides of the press-box to preventthe hay that is being compressed therein from moving forward by its ownelasticity in rear of the follower.

Having thus described our invention, we claim 7 7' V 1. In abaling-press, the combination of the rotating arm V, having thetappet-studs,V,the follower, the lever L, connected thereto and adaptedto be struck by the studs V, the sweep rotating with the arm V, and thefulcrumed lever 0, having one end in the path of the lever L and theother end in the path of the sweep, for the purpose set forth,substantially as described.

2. In a baling-press, the combination of the rotating arm V, having thetappet V, the sweep rotating with the said arm and having thecam-shoulders S, the follower, the lever L, connected thereto and havingthe cam-flange N arranged in thepath traversed by the tappets V, and thefulcrumed lever O of the first class, having one end in the path of thelever L and the other end in the path of the camshoulders S,substantially as described.

3. In combination with the follower, the lever L, connected thereto, thelever O, to actuate the lever L, and the sweep to actuate the lever O,as set forth.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own we have heretoaffixed our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

E. GUST. HAGQUIST. SVEN RYDBEOK. \Vituesses:

WILLIAM 0. WHITE, ANDREW OLsoN.

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